Dr Doug Wilson has worked as a medical and scientific consultant in the States and Saudi Arabia, he now lives in Taupo, and is a successful author with several children’s books under his belt and recently a book called Aging for Beginners.

This week is Elder Abuse Week. For the Panel we talked about this and about care for the elderly in the community. Joining Andrew in the discussion was Joyce Cooper from Rhema Media, Alison Shaw the Senior Services Coordinator for the Salvation Army in West Auckland, Kevin Lamb from Age Concern Auckland and Gini Shepheard from Age Concern Kaitaia.

Over the weekend the ten year anniversary of the Mangatepopo Canyoning Tragedy was marked. On April 15 2008 seven Elim College students were killed in the accident. Andy and Nikki Bray spoke with Andrew Urquhart about the ten year anniversary and the tragedy that took the life of their daughter Natasha Bray.

The sinking of the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine on 10 April 1968 was New Zealand’s worst modern maritime disaster. Fifty-one people lost their lives that day, another died several weeks later and a 53rd victim died in 1990 from injuries sustained in the wreck.

Rasik Ranchord survived the disaster and describes his experience as the greatest encounter of God he's ever experienced.

Vicki Walsh has been diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, the same brain cancer as Lecretia Seales had. (Lecretia Seales was the Wellington lawyer who took a case to the High Court in 2015 to ask permission for a doctor to end her life with lethal drugs). Like Lecretia Seales, she has lived longer than her doctors predicted she would, she chatted with Andrew.

Dr Amanda Landers, palliative care physician and lecturer at University of Otago medical school talked with Andrew about palliative care, and common myths about palliative care?

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Dr Sinéad Donnelly is a palliative care doctor, on the board of the NZ Health Professionals Alliance and talks with Andrew about her role as coordinator of the open letter from doctors to New Zealanders at doctorssayno.nz

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If people are wanting to make a submission on this they can do s using Parliament's website, by email or by sending a letter. The links and details are at NoToAssistedSuicide.nz (or easy alternative n2as.nz) or people could freecall 0800 42 76 42.

Andrew White has had a long career in the Anglican Church, however is probably best known for his time as Vicar at the St George's Church in Baghdad, the only Anglican Church in Iraq. It was there that he was dubbed the Vicar of Baghdad. Since his departure was ordered in 2014 by the Archbishop of Canterbury due to security concerns, he has worked in relief and reconciliation work in the Middle East.